On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:09:11 +0530 "KESHAV P.R." <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 20:11, Karol Blazewicz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > - gptfdisk needs icu, another big package. > > > > gptfdisk can be compiled without icu support, but this will disable > entering Unicode names in the partition table (and this is not > recomended by upstream). > > [quote > http://gptfdisk.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=gptfdisk/gptfdisk;a=blob_plain;f=README;hb=HEAD] > The ICU library (http://site.icu-project.org), which provides support > for Unicode partition names, is recommended on all platforms except > Windows. This library is normally installed in Linux and OS X, but > you may need to install the development headers (libicu-dev or > something similar in Linux; or the libicu36-dev Fink package in OS > X). To compile without ICU support, you must modify the Makefile: > Remove the "-D USE_UTF16" part from the CXXFLAGS line and remove > references to -licuio, -licuuc, -licudata, and -licucore (details > vary between platforms) from the compilation options. Suitable lines > are present, but commented out, in the Makefile, Makefile.mac, and > Makefile.bsd files. [/quote] > > parted does not offer finegrain control live gptfdisk does. If it did, > there would be no need to use util-linux fdisk for MBR disks and gdisk > for GPT disks. > > Regards. > > Keshav I wonder when there will be a gpt program included in util-linux. I trust the kernel guys more than Gnu (Parted) or a 3rd party. And all other filesystem stuff done by AIF depends on Linux utilities anyway. Dieter
